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Conventional Keyboards Are STAGGERINGLY STUPID!

Ben Vallack · demo · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Ben Vallack compares finger movement on a staggered keyboard with an ortholinear grid keyboard, using an Anne Pro 2 and a ZSA Planck EZ. He argues the stagger forces awkward finger motion.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it in keyboard threads as a short visual demonstration of why staggered layouts force unnatural finger movement.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “These videos [2][3] from Ben Vallack demonstrate this nicely.”

    Demonstrates how key stagger forces fingers into unnatural movement.

    h3mb3, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Djinn Split Keyboard”

  2. “There is a short video about ortho vs stagger”

    Short comparison of ortholinear versus staggered keyboard layouts.

    Fetiorin, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ortholinear, mechanical keyboards, ergonomics, keyboard layout, zsa planck

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